Archive for the ‘Monuments + Memorials’ Category
Keeping Your Dead Pets Alive Forever
30, Apr 2011Furever Amy Finkel, Director We humans love our pets. A lot. We love them so much that when they die the grieving process can become overwhelming. Over the last ten years the number of companies and funeral homes offering pet memorialization services, products, and bereavement literature have ballooned. Meg came across the following in-development documentary [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Biology|Death + Technology|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: memorializing, pets
No More Big Dead Tombs in China
22, Apr 2011As China’s Income Gap Grows, Tombs Are a Target Sharon LaFraniere, The New York Times (April 22, 2011) From the bottom end of this article: On paper, low-cost burials have been national policy since at least 1997, when State Decree 225 ordered cemetery land conserved and “thrifty funeral arrangements” promoted. The Pine Tree of Longevity, [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Death + the Economy|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: China, grave markers
Postmortem Photography: The Aftermarket
6, Apr 2011Just happened upon a well-researched article posted to Boing Boing. Titled Ghost Babies, by Mark Dery, the post delves into the re-sale of postmortem photographs for sale on eBay and elsewhere with a little history on postmortem photography in 19th century America thrown in for good measure. As a librarian, I found the sources to [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Grief + Mourning|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: postmortem photography
Warner to Introduce Bill to Revoke Reserved Plots at Arlington Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (March 30, 2011) A quick update on Arlington National Cemetery and its ongoing problems. The lead didn’t necessarily get buried in this most recent article from the Washington Post but the entire Arlington debacle just got a lot more interesting. [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Arlington Cemetery, corpse abuse, soldiers
Arlington Cemetery Debacle Gets Worse and Worse
21, Mar 2011Arlington Cemetery Struggles with Old Reservations Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (March 21, 2011) Officials at Arlington National Cemetery — still unable to fully account for who is buried where at the nation’s premier military resting place — are struggling to determine who has reserved plots and whether some of those grave sites are already [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Arlington Cemetery, corpse abuse, soldiers